Tool-handle



WFRIEFF.

TOOL HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- I. 1920.

1 ,397,783. Patented Nov. 22, 192 1.

mflwAglinilz/L iefli IN VEN TOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLINTON W. RIEFF, OE WEST FOB/K, ARKANSEiS.

TOOL-HANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 1, 1920. Serial No. 407,390.

.Fork, in the county of Washington and State of Arkansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Handles, of which the followlng is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

This invention relates to tool handles and particularly to a tool handle for wrenches.

An object of the invention is to provide a handle havinga chamber in which an oil can is mounted, said oil can being concealed within the handle when the tool is in use and capable of being extended laterally of the handle for the discharge of oil from the can.

Another object of the invention is to provide a handle of this character which protects an oil can disposed therein at all times. Another object of the invention is to provide a handle of this character adapted to receive an oil can, the oil can being provided with a collar which is freely mounted on a removable shaft, said shaft being readily disengaged from the handle to permit removal of the can.

WVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the improved construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more particularly described, fully claimed and illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in which Figure 1 isa view in side elevation of a tool handle constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention, with the oil can in a working position,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view partly in elevation and partly in section of the handle as herein disclosed, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view partly in side elevation and partly in section of the handle as herein embodied.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates the shank of a wrench, said shank having the usual ratchet teeth 6. A slidable jaw 7 is mounted on the shank, said jaw being provided with a pawl 8, a spring 9 being secured to the pawl at one end and engaged with the lower surface of the jaw at its opposite end.

My improved handle is particularly adapted for use in connection with awrench such as described above, but it is obvious that it may be used in connection with any form of tool usinga handle. hollow body member 10 open at its side 11 and ends 12 and 13. The end 13 is adapted to conform to the end of the shank of a tool, the shank being secured within the end. The side 14 of the handle is provided with a slot 15 which is disposed adjacent the end 13, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described. Extending transversely ofthe handle, is a shaft 16 one end of said shaft being reduced and adapted to extend through an opening 17 formed in the side portion 18 of the handle, the opposite end of the shaft being journaled in an opening 20 provided in the side portion 19 of the handle. The re duced portionof the shaft provides a shoulder which prevents the shaft from moving through the opening 17. The shaft is maintained in position within the handle by means of spring plate 21, which is pivoted to the side 19 adjacent the opening 20.

A collar 22 is adapted to surround the spout B of the can adjacent the body thereof, said collar having its ends extended in right an 'ular relation and engaged with each other, an opening 23 being provided in the ears. The can is intended to be disposed within the chamber formed in the handle, the shaft 16 being passed through the openings to pivotally support the can within the handle. When it is desired to discharge oil, the can is swung upon its pivot so as to permit the spout B to extend through the slot 15, while the body of the can extends through the openings 11. In view of this it is only necessary for the operator to compress the end of the can in order to discharge the oil, as the can is supported at all times by the handle. Secured to the side 14 and extending over the end 12 is a spring clip 24 which is intended to engage the bottom of the oil can to retain the same within the handle when not in use.

An important feature of this novel form of handle, is that the can is disposed within and protected by the handle at all times and as it is firmly held therein by means of the clip 24, it does not interfere with the use of the tool. In addition to this, when it is necessary to supply the can with oil the spring plate 21 is moved to one side so as to permit removal of the shaft 16 whereupon the can may be readily disengaged from the handle and supplied with oil. This handle is especially adapted for use in connect on w th Patented Nov. 22, 1921'. r

The handle consists of a V wrench downas the can may be instantly swung upon its pivot so as to project the spout B through the slot 15 in order that oil may be discharged. This operation can be performed by one hand or in other words, by the hand that holds the wrench. In addition to thisit provides a definite place for storing the oil can so that loss of the same is impossible,-and it is also protected from damage by the handle,

While this handle may be found especially useful in connection with wrenches, it may be used in connection with all forms of tools requiring handles.

What is claimed is 1. A device of the character described comprising a body member having a chamber therein, said body member having an opening in one of its sides and a slot in the opposite side communicating with said chamber, and. an oil can pivoted in said chamber, the body of said can'being movable through the opening of the chamber, the spout of the can being movable through the slot upon pivotal movement of the can within the chamber. I

2. Means forsupporting an oil can comprising a sheet oi material bent upon itself to provide a U-shaped housing, the intermediate portion of said housing having a slot, a shaft mounted in said housing, an oil can, a collar adjacent its base, said collar having a pair of projecting care, said ears being i'reely mounted on said shaft, the spout of said oil can being movable through the slot upon pivotal movementof the can.

3. Means for supporting an oil can comprising, a 'hollow body member open at its ends and one side, the opposite side of said a body member having a slot, one of said ends being secured to the ends of the shank, a

said can being retained in the body member by the clip and movable simultaneously through said open side and slot,

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliz; my

signature.

CLINT N. RIEFF; 

